Looking for something to do this Valentine’s Day? Join vegans, vegetarians and activists for a fun-filled night of dancing, karaoke, eating, drinking, and more at the 2 Headed Horse Art Studio in Los Angeles this Sunday to benefit Compassion Over Killing. Advance tickets are $15 ($20 at the door) and include a drink ticket plus all the delicious vegan food you can eat. Plus there will be amazing raffle prizes from us, Vaute Couture, Rory Freedman, A Scent of Scandal, Alternative Outfitters and many more.

Here’s all the info you need:

WHERE: 2 Headed Horse Art Studio at 1770 Glendale Blvd. LA, CA 90026
WHEN: Sun., Feb 14 at 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
TICKETS: Advance tickets are $15 online, $20 at the door.
RSVP: On Facebook or info@cok.net
Buy your tickets online today at http://bit.ly/3w0CPR

If you’re still looking for the perfect Valentines date, don’t miss the 1st Annual “Adopt A Valentine” pet adoption event happening Saturday, February 13th at LA Animal Services’ North Central shelter (3201 Lacy St LA 90021 – two blocks east of Figueroa off Ave 26). This special pet adoption benefit will include substantial discounts on adoption fees ($78.50 per dog and $50.50 per cat), plus an extra $25 off the first 10 adoptions of the day. Click on the image to view the flyer with all the information.

Looking for stuff to do this weekend? These are our picks:

Saturday, January 30th

Vegan Drinks at Pizza Fusion: Alcohol, vegans, and pizza. Three of my favorite things all rolled into one awesome event. We’ll be making the trek all the way over to the westside to finally check out the Pizza Fusion pizza that everyone’s been raving about. As of right now, there is one RSVP spot left, so if you’re thinking about going, you best get on it. You can find out all the details here. Also note, it’s an early event, from 2 PM – 5 PM.

Sunday, January 31st:

Haiti Fundraiser Vegan Bake Sale: If you find yourself in Hollywood this Sunday, stop by Locali (5285 Franklin Ave) to pick up some of the finest vegan baked goods known to man. ALL proceeds from the bake sale will be going to Doctors Without Borders. We’re making a few items and if previous vegan bake sales are any indication, get there early with a lot of cash because you are going to want to take some of these items home with you. Here is the Facebook event page.

For even more events happening this weekend, check out the calendar.

Restaurants.com are running their 80% dining coupons again. Now through Sunday, January 31st you can pick up $25 dining coupons at some great vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants for just $2! I’ve complied a list below of the restaurants and reviews from some of your favorite and most trusted bloggers. Click on the links and enter discount code: “BONUS” (no quotes) at checkout and hit “Apply” to take advantage of this offer.

Bawarchi Indian Cuisine

Bella Cucina Italiana

Better Life Cuisine

Cru Restaurant

Desert Rose Bar and Lounge

Happy Family Vegetarian Restaurant – Monterey Park

Vegan Factory

Vegan World

ZPizza – Hancock Park
ZPizza – Lakewood
ZPizza – Woodland Hills

The Vegan Collection has maintained our own Los Angeles vegan events calendar for the past year or so, but we are handing over the reigns to the people at Los Angeles Vegan Events. We will be replicating their Google calendar on our page, but if you have any events you would like added, please contact VeganEvents@gmail.com.

This past Saturday we had the opportunity to distribute the items that we had collected at last December’s vegan drinks. A few fabulous people gave up their Saturday afternoon to join us giving in out a huge pile of toys, treat, blankets, food and beds to animals at LA Animal Services’ North Central shelter. We want to thank everyone who showed up (or attempted to show up)! We had a great time and could tell that it made the day a little bit brighter for the animals waiting for new forever homes. You can check out a few photos from the event below:

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As part of last December’s Vegan Drinks, The Vegan Collection asked people to bring toys, treats, beds, blankets or cash donations to be distributed to homeless pets. We were taken back by the outpouring of generosity of the Vegan Drinks crowd! We ended up with a complete carload full of items to be donated to LA Animal Services as well as a nice sum of cash which was used to hit up after X-mas sales to maximize our buying power. We have contacted LA Animal Services and set up an appointment to give out all these items this Saturday, January 23rd. We would like to invite anyone who is interested to join us for an hour or two spending time with us handing out treats and giving a little attention to these unfortunate animals who somehow ended up in the shelter system. We will be meeting at the North Central Shelter which is located at 3201 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031 at Noon this Saturday. If you would like to join us, please e-mail kevin@thevegancollection.com to RSVP. Once again, we can’t thank those who donated enough!

Do you like hockey? Do you like animals?  This Thursday you can join LA’s chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for their annual Night with the LA Kings fundraiser. You can get an individual ticket for as low as $28 and have a chance to bid on silent auction items during the game. If you’ve never seen a hockey game or been to Staples Center, this is the perfect opportunity to experience it while helping the spcaLA prevent things like hockey playing bears.

Click here for all the details.

Looking for stuff to do this weekend? These are our picks:

Saturday, December 19 & Sunday, December 20

Collectively Conscious Showcase: Collectively Conscious, a vegan grocery store that will open in LA in 2010, will be showcasing items that will be on sale. On Saturday, The Vegan Collection will be at the Collectively Conscious Showcase along with other vendors selling products, plus plenty of snacks for sale (cookies, juice, coffee), and even a DJ. It will be a perfect time to pick up those last minute Christmas presents from local vegan vendors. For more details click here.

Saturday, December 19th:

LA Vegan Drinks/Homeless Pet Toy Drive: Technically this is part of the Collectively Conscious Showcase, but it’s going to be so awesome that it deserves it’s own mention. We are collecting toys for homeless pets at Vegan Drinks and everyone who donates has the opportunity to win awesome prizes! You can find all the details here.

For even more events happening this weekend, check out the calendar.

This Saturday is “Save A Stray” day at the fourteen Los Angeles area animal care locations. There will be discounted prices on adoptions as well as volunteers on hand to assist you in finding a perfect match. By choosing to adopt, you save the life of the animal you take home, the one who now has space at the shelter as well as the one that was never bred.

All of the facilities managed by Los Angeles Animal Services, the LA County Department of Animal Care and Control and SEAACA will be joining together to help find wonderful homes for deserving pets!

LA Animal Services discount adoption days actually starts today and runs through December 20th. You get 50% off the adoption of any cat or dog and get free microchipping of the animal. Click on the image to view the flyer and get more information.